Assessing Emergency Department Staff Knowledge, Competency, and Implementation of Pre- and Post-Trauma-Informed Care Training.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Trauma-informed care has been posited as a framework for creating ideal and safe environments for patients to participate in treatment. However, there are limited studies that demonstrate the impact of a focused trauma-informed care training on ED staff. We implemented a 4-hour trauma-informed care training in a general emergency department. We aimed to measure changes in knowledge, opinions, self-rated competency, barriers, and recent practices before and after implementing trauma-informed care training. We hypothesized that the training would result in significant self-reported improvement in all domains.

Methods

We performed a pre/post interventional study with the intervention being a trauma-informed care training adapted for ED clinical care staff. A valida

SUBMITTER: Lamberson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11725451 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature